Science & the Sea

If Finding Nemo had been more scientifically accurate, it may have caught Disney fans off guard: Nemo’s dad, Marlin, would...

Most people know that electricity and water don’t mix, but it’s not a problem for fish that produce their own...

Seahorses and pipefish may be beautiful and graceful creatures, but they’re not the speediest of fish. In fact, they swim...

Getting a good whiff of your partner to decide if he’s the right man for you may sound familiar –...

When most people think about math, they’re probably not thinking of marine creatures. Yet one of the most famous sequences...

The thought of “synchronized swimming” may call to mind the Olympic event or perhaps white-capped women in old Hollywood musicals....

Deep below the Arctic Ocean lies a mid-ocean ridge system that meanders for 1,100 miles along the sea floor. Mid-ocean...

Perhaps it’s not surprising that a creature as fierce looking as the angler fish has pretty extreme mating habits — ...

The vampire squid sounds like a hostile creature from the Twilight Zone, but it’s really the environment these harmless cephalopods...

You might think a creature called the vampire squid would suck the blood of an unfortunate passing fish. After all,...